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lawmakers have called for a more aggressive tack to protect American companies from widespread Chinese government subsidies and other unfair trade practices.(Additional reporting by Lucy Hornby; Editing by Nick Macfie) Green Business China. trade deficit with China were also on display during the trip.In a speech on Wednesday, Locke praised steps China has taken to boost its domestic economy but called on Beijing to help revive global growth by opening its market to more foreign goods and services and moving to a more flexible exchange rate regime.The United States contends that Beijing keeps its yuan at an artificially low value compared to the dollar, giving Chinese exports an unfair price advantage.With the U.S. building stock in the next 15 years, making it a tremendous "laboratory" for the two countries to work together on energy efficient designs, Chu said.Frictions over the huge U.S. Building efficiency could ultimately be raised by three to five times, he said.China is expected to build the equivalent of the entire U.S. President Barack Obama visits China for a summit meeting with President Hu Jintao later this year.Chu said the two countries could achieve big greenhouse gas reductions by working together to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, which now consume about 40 percent of the world's energy and account for nearly half of greenhouse gas emissions.At least 30 percent of that pollution could be eliminated at no net cost by upgrading old buildings and using modern equipment in new buildings, Chu said. China's Ministry of Commerce has criticized the tariffs.During the visit, the two countries launched a $15 million joint research project aimed at creating more energy-efficient vehicles and buildings and reducing carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal.Coal accounts for almost 80 percent of electricity generation in China, compared to about 49 percent in the United States.Many experts believe cooperation between the two countries is essential for negotiations on a new climate treaty to succeed at a meeting this December in Copenhagen.Chu said he was "optimistic" about the Copenhagen meeting, but gave no details about commitments or concessions by either side.Climate concerns are expected to be high on the agenda when U.S.